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What is your favourite means of holiday travel?

Now that the sun has reappeared after winter, British people are starting to talk about their summer holidays again.

Just as people choose different holiday destinations, they also have different preferences when it comes to travel. For example a lot of people love the freedom of driving so they travel by car. Others prefer travelling by train to avoid possible traffic accidents. Still others enjoy the physical challenge of walking or mountain biking.

So what do people enjoy most about different types of holiday travel? Yang Li and Diarmuid Mitchell hear from five people and find out what types of holiday they like best.

英国人好像特别热衷谈论假日这个话题，而且总是乐于给那些有兴趣出游的人以建议。

不过在人们选择旅行方式的时候就因人而异了。热爱开车的人就会驾车出游；怕出交通事故
得人选择乘坐火车；那些精力充沛的人喜欢挑战体力的长途跋涉骑登山自行车。

那么各种假日旅行方式的最大吸引力是什么? 杨莉和穆达询问了五位常旅游的人士听听他们对不同假日旅行方式的感受。

Diarmuid: Spring is in the air and people are thinking about their summer
holidays. Hi, I’m Diarmuid and welcome to BBC Learning English’s
programme, Holiday Travel.
Yang Li: Holiday travel 假日旅行。 大家好我是杨莉。 We’ll be talking to five
people and find out what type of holidays they like best.
Diarmuid: We’ll highlight new words and phrases relating to the topic of
holiday travel.
Yang Li: But most importantly we would like you to enjoy the programme
and have a good time.
Diarmuid: Now Brian is a world traveler but he singles out one type of holiday
he enjoys most.
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Well, over the years I’ve been on all different types of holidays – beach holidays
and walking holidays. But actually what I’ve discovered is, really the best kind of
holiday for me is a driving holiday, because it gives you such great freedom. And
these days you can go to most international airports with your driving license,
just hire a car, and then you have the freedom to move around a different
country, and stay in places, and get to places that you wouldn’t be able to get to
normally, that are away from the various tourist destinations.
Diarmuid: Did you get it? Brian said that the best type of holiday for him is a
driving holiday.
Yang Li: 开车旅行的假日。A driving holiday.
Diarmuid: Because it gives you great freedom and you can get to places that
are away from the various tourist destinations.
Yang Li: Tourist destinations旅游景点。However, different people have
different preferences when it comes to means of transport. Listen
to David.
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I travel by train, because you can just sit there and drink coffee and do the
crossword, and there’s no hassles with other motorists trying to kill you and that
sort of thing. It’s just a relaxing way of travel.
Diarmuid: To David the advantage of travelling by train is that there are no
hassles with other motorists trying to kill you, another way of
saying avoiding road accidents.
Yang Li: Hassles 麻烦 motorists 开机动车的人 to avoid road accidents 避免车
祸。
Diarmuid: Rory is married with two children. He told us that lying on the
beach is the perfect way to have a holiday.
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The travel I enjoy most is travel anywhere where there’s a hot environment, so
that I’m guaranteed that when I’m relaxing I can just sit there, relax, enjoy the
sun, and forget my normal hectic schedule. It’s all about – lie here on a sun
lounger, soaking up the rays, cooling off in the pool every so often, and just
enjoying relaxing with the children, with my wife, and just saying, yes, this is the
perfect way to have a holiday.
Diarmuid: Rory loves beach holidays with warm weather and lots of sunshine.
Yang Li: Yes, he can totally relax and forget about his normal hectic
schedule 紧张繁忙的 hectic.
Diarmuid: He enjoys lying on a sun lounger, soaking up the rays and cooling
off in the pool every so often.
Yang Li: A sun lounger 晒太阳的躺椅。
Diarmuid: While some look for comfort others enjoy a bit of physical challenge
for their holidays.
Yang Li: Physical challenge 挑战体力的假日旅行。 Let’s listen to Hilary:
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So I’ve done some quite intensive walking holidays. There’s a very long walk in
the UK called the Pennine Way that starts in Derbyshire and goes up to Scotland.
It’s 256 miles – or about 400 kilometres – and I did that with another person in
ten days, which was really, a big physical challenge, but it felt very rewarding.
Diarmuid: Hilary described her walking holiday as intensive.
Yang Li: 强度大的 intensive. She walked a distance of 400 kilometres in just
ten days! That’s amazing.
Diarmuid: Indeed it is. She followed a route called the Pennine Way, starting
from Derbyshire in the north of England and going all the way up to
Scotland.
Yang Li: The Pennine Way 很有名，是从英格兰北部达比郡一直向北延伸到苏格兰的
一条长途跋涉路线。
Diarmuid: 400 kilometres is definitely a big physical challenge! But it was a
rewarding experience.
Yang Li: Rewarding 有回报的。 There are other forms of holidays that require
physical strength as well. Listen to Brian from South Africa:
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The one is cycling - I have cycled through Vietnam, Costa Rica, Morocco etc. And
I enjoy mountain biking. The other trips that I enjoy are sailing. So I’ve been
sailing all over the world – the last one round the British Virgin Islands and the
Caribbean.
Diarmuid: Now we have just heard three types of holiday travel: cycling,
mountain biking and sailing.
Yang Li: Cycling 骑自行车mountain biking 骑登山车sailing 乘帆船旅行。 Brian
is very fit and he enjoys the physical challenge.
Diarmuid: He has cycled through different countries including Vietnam, Costa
Rica and Morocco.
Yang Li: 越南，哥斯达黎加和摩洛哥。He has been sailing all over the world too.
Diarmuid: His last voyage was around the British Virgin Islands and the
Caribbean.
Yang Li: 英属维京群岛和加勒比海地区。 It’s so fascinating to hear people talk
about their travel experiences, isn’t it?
Diarmuid: Yes it is. You know, I’m tempted to try something different this
year myself.
Yang Li: Yes?
Diarmuid: Maybe a camping holiday in the summer?
Yang Li: Camping holiday 野营假日。That sounds a very good idea. 好，有关假
日旅行的话题就说到这儿。
Diarmuid: Thanks for listening and don't forget to log onto our website:
www.bbcchina.com.cn.
Yang Li: 谢谢收听。我们下次节目再会。
Diarmuid: Bye.
Yang Li: Bye.